In a Toronto neighbourhood, renters go up against big owners
Landlords, including a federal pension fund, are trying to push up rents by nearly 10 percent, aiming to push them out.
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Landlords, including a federal pension fund, are trying to push up rents by nearly 10 percent, aiming to push them out.
More than 100 tenants in a Thorncliffe Park apartment complex have stopped paying rent to protest proposed above-guideline rent increases of almost 10 per cent over the last two years, according to a tenant advocacy group.
For two years running, Canada's biggest landlord has applied for rent increases that make Khalil Aldroubi and his wife Samr Chehab Abdulkarim worry they will be forced out of their Toronto apartment.
A new report details 'the landlord’s playbook' on renovictions and provides guidance for tenants facing similar scenarios.
To renters they pose opportunity or threat, depending on who you ask. The latest in Hot, Hot Housing.